Mental health Facilitator (primary Care)

Job Overview

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Mental Health Facilitator (primary) Band 6

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our Mental Health Facilitator Team. Working within GP surgeries across Leicester city, you will support primary care staff in delivering highquality support to patients diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). This includes helping to manage SMI registers in line with Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) standards and supporting annual mental health and physical health reviews to achieve national NHS England targets.

The role involves assessing mental and physical health needs, promoting positive longterm outcomes, and providing shortterm, recoveryfocused support for individuals aged 16 and over. You will also contribute to service development, strengthen collaboration between primary and secondary care, and ensure effective signposting to relevant services. Flexibility, adaptability, and strong partnership working are essential. A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle are required.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

The role will be based in GP Practices, the Community base and some homeworking.

You will be assigned to one of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across Leicester and will work autonomously within GP practices to provide mental health assessment, physical health checks, signposting, onward referrals, and followup appointments where necessary.

Ideal candidates will be Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) with extensive postregistration experience, skilled in supporting individuals with serious mental illness, confident in using IT systems, and able to work autonomously within a primary care setting while providing specialist mental health knowledge. They will demonstrate evidencebased, innovative clinical practice, hold a full driving licence with access to their own vehicle, and be willing to undertake phlebotomy training as part of the role.

In return for your hard work and your professional, caring and reliable service we offer:

• Training and development opportunities including supervision which are aimed at developing your career in the direction you want to take it
• Experience gained by working in a variety of environments.
• Free uniform
• Enhanced pay for any unsocial hours worked.
• A wide range of benefits (attached) to enhance your work/life balance and pocket!

Please see attached full job description for further information.

For more information please contact Tracy Bessant, Team manager email: ***email_hidden***

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.